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:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:
Sore spot for me, too.
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I might for that one; we'll see. My kids will be teenagers and it would be a good excuse for some sort of trip.
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Hmm...bluebirds, blue jays, cardinals, mockingbirds, mourning doves, hawks, swallows (sometimes), sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, robins, hummingbirds, crows. I've heard woodpeckers but never seen them. And one brown bird never got around to identifying. I'll add more if I think of it. The mockingbirds and cardinals are the most populous here, and they're year-round residents as far as I know. Sparrows would be next for most populous.
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My DH doesn't do this, so there are some out there! If it's something he really wanted or even needed that I didn't get, he just makes a sad faces and wanders off. :D Or he'll say, "if you're going to the store, can you grab thus and such." Things like that. He has never ever said anything about how long it takes. And he will watch the kids if I ask, but I don't unless I really need him to. Today I needed to divide and conquer by running errands while the two older DC cleaned, so DH stayed home with the two and I took youngest with me.
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Nope. The stations are sold in packages. The best they could do is a la carte the station "families," but the cable company isn't going to do that. I had this conversation once when a cable telemarketer wanted to know what it would take to get me to buy TV service. :D
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I haven't bought from them for DD, but I like the two skirts I've gotten from them.
https://theskirtoutlet.com/collections/girls-modest-apparel
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I ended up doing the opposite. I grew up seeing make up, hair, planned outfits, coordinating jewelry. Nothing flashy or gaudy, but definitely all carefully done. From little, I never liked dresses and bows and preferred jeans and t-shirts. I do like wearing skirts now, but I'm still a denim girl. Twill is dressy to me. :D No make up, jewelry, or hairstyles. I did like jewelry in my teens, but in a crazy-funky-goth sort of way (I'd layer several necklaces from collar down to sternum-level pendants, for example). Now I literally just wear my wedding ring and a ponytail holder on my wrist. What I am very particular about are the cuts and patterns of my clothing, so there is that.
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I'm doing it. :D
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Prayers! :grouphug:
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We have a "special box" for little handmade crafts, seashells, little knick knacks from friends. These are 12" collapsible cubes. All the art goes in big 3" binders that then go on a shelf in their closet. When I was feeling really organized, I subdivided those by category (drawings, paintings, church stuff, etc.) and put art in chronologically (as much as possible). Building-set items they put together are displayed on top of the toy shelves.
I'm all for building shelves, shelves, and more shelves, if your DH is willing. You can never have too many shelves. :D I'm hoping to start on a few of those projects myself, before the end of the year.
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I'm in the bored camp, but not because of too much free time or extroversion. I just need to go do fun stuff and socialize more often. :)
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What they said; if I happened to be doing something, I'd share. And I know that customers occasionally give DH stuff, but he works with them for months.
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Yeah, I'd say ignore those other people. You don't have a mortgage. You are way ahead of the game.
They took a framework that does work for specific people in specific situations and tried to make it fit everyone in every situation. Doesn't work that way. Principles =/= one-size-fits-all iron-clad rules.
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My hair. Eeek! Think Merida from Brave. Depending on what i'm doing I let it fly, wear a pony til or bundle it into a messy ( you can't make it neat) bun.
I'm a teeny bit jealous, though maybe you don't appreciate that. ;)
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Long enough to brush it. BUT it's long, straight, and fine--and air dries pretty quickly (I don't even own a blow dryer). there's not much to do with it, really. It is either completely loose, in a ponytail, or a messy bun thing. If I actually get it cut at a salon, I have them layer it; but being el cheapo, I tend to just trim it myself. :D
ETA: Oh yeah coloring...I don't do that either.
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Growing up it was presented (unconsciously) as more a part of one's overall appearance and grooming--"I can't let anyone see me like this!" or "Oh no, so-and-so [lady] saw me, and I didn't even have my make up on!" We each have some sort of standard of grooming/dress that we want to meet any time we're going to encounter Others. For many women, make up is just a part of that. The other reason I've heard, from SIL, is just for fun--to try different looks and such. I don't wear any because I don't want to. I rarely wore it even in my teens, but people do seem to prefer to see a made-up face as opposed to natural, or maybe that's just my face. ;)
However, I have a friend who grew up with a dad from a different culture who was pretty chauvinistic (I din't know if that was just him or the culture or both), and I could well believe the view in the OP would have been expressed in that atmosphere, from what she's told me. I try to avoid being around people like that if at all possible. I'm sorry it's an issue. :grouphug:
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FWIW, I would do wood because it's cozy, less institutional, and might hurt less if kids do get rambunctious. That's just me! We like the warmth of wood here, though. That's a great thing she's doing!
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I have a laptop, so it's easier to literally put the computer away when it's too much of a temptation. Otherwise, if I have a "lull," I'll go do something little that doesn't take much time and isn't a big deal if it's interrupted. Unload half the dishwasher while they're working on math, that sort of thing.
Or like right now, it's "nap" time--I did want I wanted to do first, before sitting down here. And good thing! It was yard stuff and now it's raining.
When we're having normal weeks, I've tried to arrange my schedule so that my truly free time is limited (because, yes, I'll just hop straight on the interwebs and pretend I'm part of The Real World, lol).
But in the end, sometimes I just have to literally propel myself away and go pace for a minute before something productive presents itself (or the kids get into an argument, whichever comes first :D). That's not to say I don't have off days or weeks where too much time is wasted in various online activities (I pay our bills online, shop online, research the latest problem or project online...etc.).
As far as general daily structure, we try to stick to a routine that starts at the same time each day, we don't have outside activities that require us to be somewhere at a certain time, I'm to a point with cooking where I can throw stuff together from basic ingredients and staples, and I'm not afraid to rotate priorities: today we won't get centers done because I've got an organization project in the works (ans several lined up after that one), we have errands, and then chores and seatwork have/will round out our day. I don't have to cook tonight because I did that last night. Tomorrow it might be mowing instead of organizing (hopefully!). Chores will lighter tomorrow, but I'll have to cook, so centers time might be while I'm cook. Hopefully that makes sense! Doing things this way, though, means we're pretty much in the middle of everything all the time; that may bother some people. Another caveat is I've never had to work around a job or classes, so while I'd likely apply the same "rotating" principle, I don't know what the nitty gritty of that would look like. Probably my projects would get the ax.
Hope that helps, and I'm sorry if I repeated anything others have said. Good luck!!
ETA: I use block scheduling, too. MWF/TR. The little does the same things each day, and I'll speed something up by making it a 5-day subject if it's getting too easy for them, but generally, block scheduling for all subjects.
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I'm sorry! I hope things go smoothly and that you get a dull span soon after. :grouphug:
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Lord, have mercy on all your handmaidens.
CD, I've returned to the desert a couple of times. I think you earnestly seek God, and you will find Him. Hold on, and pray, and even cry. He can handle it. Arriving broken and exhausted is exactly the condition you should arrive in. If others don't see that, that's their blindness, not your lack. :grouphug:
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Roasting vegetables
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For comparison, our potato wedges (medium to large red potatoes cut into sixths) take about 45 minutes in a 400 degree oven. And depending on how many there are, sometimes longer (if I do a whole 5 lb. bag, for example).